What is #GivingTuesday? #GivingTuesday is a grassroots, collaborative movement that promotes generosity and kindness. We already have a fundraising page where many of you have generously given in the past. This year however you may like to channel your fervour for Citizen Advocacy by supporting an appeal to coincide with #GivingTuesday. This is just around the corner on the 27th of November, and you can …read more

The Citizen Advocacy Trust of Australia exists to support, promote and safeguard the existence, independence and quality of Citizen Advocacy Programs throughout Australia. It seeks to do this by raising money for the distribution of grants to eligible Citizen Advocacy Programs (in Australia), to support the development of new Citizen Advocacy Programs and for Citizen Advocacy …read more

“The principles hold your feet to the fire”. In June the Trust provided a grant to support Capricorn Citizen Advocacy committee member, Sharon Lowe, to attend the 2018 Social Role Valorization Conference and pre conference day on Citizen Advocacy held in Canada. This provided an opportunity for her to meet and discuss issues with a wide …read more

Bob Lee has extensive knowledge and experience working with people with disability and their families and was the founding coordinator of Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy, a role he held for 20 years. Bob is well known for supporting the development of Citizen Advocacy in Australia and hosted a number of successful learning events and activities to that …read more

The Trust seeks to support the ongoing development of Program Coordinators and Board members in a number of ways, including via the regular meetings that boards and staff hold. These include “Network Meetings” and the “Citizen Advocacy Study Group”. The Study Group is of particular interest to the Trust because it aligns with the Trusts …read more

‘…citizen advocacy reaches beyond the dictionary definition of advocacy and into the hearts of decent citizens who are willing to make a personal commitment to stand beside someone made vulnerable through disability.’ Jeremy Ward, The Shouted Goodbye, 2015 The Citizen Advocacy Trust of Australia raises money to support the continued essential work of Citizen Advocacy …read more